United's Under 18s coach Kieran McKenna nominated Gomes, defender Lee O'Connor and midfielder Callum Whelan for the prestigious Jimmy Murphy Youth team Player of the Year award fro 2017.

It was exciting midfielder Gomes who picked up the personal trophy to become the youngest ever recipient, and first 16-year-old, to win the award. He also featured in United's final premier League match of the season coming on late for Wayne Rooney against Crystal Palace for his senior debut.

Previous winners were Ryan Giggs , Phil Neville and Danny Welbeck who all went on to first team success at United.

And now Gomes and Co have to take their Old Trafford careers onwards and upwards.

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“The big challenge is what they do next and what level they can go to next season after being a very dominant player last season,” McKenna told ManUtd.com.

“We’ve got quite a few second-year players who have managed to get a contract for next year and progress into the Under-23s and that’s a big part of the process.

“We want to pass on as many boys as we can to that level as we can and pass them on in the best position possible.

United's Academy graduates to the first team pose after the match against Crystal Palace

“So we have a big group of second-years moving up but we have first-years like Alex Fojticek in goal, George Tanner, Lee O’Connor, Angel Gomes, Aidan Barlow, Tahith Chong and Nishan Burkart.

“So it’s a strong list of players who are eligible again next year and, whether they play for us again, when the expectations will be even higher, or they’ll look to progress into the Under-23s, which is the goal for all of them.

“I’m sure it’ll be interesting for everyone to see how they progress.”